COVID-19
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The Vaccine Games
Who knew, in the spring of 2020, that the battle to find toilet paper was just training for getting a Covid vaccine? Who knew that our lives would begin to ressemble the Hunger Games and Lord of the Flies as we scrambled to get a vaccine appointment? Who could have imagined that we would even Continue reading
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Teaching From Home: One Month In
Good news! A month of teaching from home has not killed me. It came close in Week Three, with my resting heart rate mounting from stress and an allergy medication contributing side effects of anxiety and depression. But the doc released me from the allergy med and we got –dramatic pause– Spring Break! I don’t Continue reading
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Teaching From Home: Setting the Pace in Week Two
There are a lot of runners in my family. You could say it runs in the family. Sorry. Not. I am not one of them. I walk. But I still know the difference between a sprint and a marathon. This COVID-19 teaching experience is a marathon like no other. And we don’t even know Continue reading
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Teaching from Home: We Survived Week One
We did it—my students and I got through our first week of school from home! The learning curve has been steep but, with the weekend’s respite from students, I may get beyond the feeling of treading water to actual swimming. THE KICK-OFF Half the stress of this week was due to the shock of Continue reading
Slightly Off the Grid 